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Safeguarding Summit 2018: Global aid community to take action against sexual predators
More than 500 delegates from across the international aid community to commit to a “root to branch” change in the way the sector operates.
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UK Government unveils extensive measures to clamp down on global corruption, giving criminals “nowhere to hide”
£4.6 million of funding announced to support anti-corruption initiatives abroad, helping the public hold their governments to account.
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International summit to crack down on sexual predators in the aid sector
World’s leading aid players gather in London to make major commitments at International Safeguarding Summit on the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse.
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The Department for International Development (DFID) leads the UK’s work to end extreme poverty. We are tackling the global challenges of our time including poverty and disease, mass migration, insecurity and conflict. Our work is building a safer, healthier, more prosperous world for people in developing countries and in the UK too.
DFID is a ministerial department, supported by 3 agencies and public bodies.
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London
SW1A 2EG
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020 7023 0000
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020 7023 0012
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East Kilbride
G75 8EA
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01355 84 4099
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0300 200 3343
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+44 (0) 1355 84 3132
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22 Whitehall
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SW1A 2EJ
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+44 (0)1355 843747
DFID’s Counter Fraud Section is the central point for raising concerns, suspicions and/or allegations of fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse or other corrupt practices. Your information will be treated in confidence and you do not have to provide your name, however the provision of such information will assist us in taking forward your concerns.
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